Kennedy Wins Nebraska Primary as Nixon Tops GOP
Kennedy captured 51 percent of the Nebraska Democratic vote with McCarthy at 31 percent and Johnson write-ins at 8 percent as Kennedy urged McCarthy to join forces against Humphrey. Nixon won 70 percent of the Republican vote, Reagan 22 percent, Rockefeller 5 percent, with 16 GOP nominating votes at stake.
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Omaha
Robert Kennedy
Nebraska
Hubert Humphrey
Eugene McCarthy
New York
McCarthy
Johnson
Humphrey
Kennedy
Minnesota
Richard Nixon
California
Ronald Reagan
G.O.P
Reagan
Nixon
National Committee
Nelson Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Alabama
George Wallace
American Independent Party
Humphrey Maintains Delegate Lead After Nebraska Primary
Humphrey campaign chairmen Harris and Mondale say Nebraska results were not surprising. They note Humphrey entered late and disavowed a write-in drive. A CBS projection favored Humphrey with about 1,265 first ballot votes, near nomination, across a wide delegate field.
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Humphrey
Fred Harris
Oklahoma
Walter Mondale
Minnesota
Nebraska
Omaha
Harris
Mondale
Columbia Broadcasting System
Chicago
The Modern Girl and the Philosophy of Postponement
A humorous note critiques today’s fashion mindset, tracing a joke that the modern girl embodies a belief in delaying tasks. The quip contrasts style with thrift, suggesting a tongue in cheek stance on postponement and contemporary dress norms.
Judge Richter Resigns From Waukon District Court
Judge G B Richter 69 resigns as 13th district judge effective July 5 after a 1944 appointment. A University of Iowa Law graduate who moved to Waukon in 1923, he plans relocation to a warmer climate to be near a library. His son lives in California.
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Waukon
G. B. Richter
Harold Hughes
Richter
University of Iowa Law College
California
Hailstorm pounds Iowa City amid tornado threat
A severe hailstorm struck Iowa City as a tornado watch covered much of Eastern Iowa. The weather wire flow delayed forecasts while the National Weather Service issued a tornado watch for multiple counties including Linn, Johnson, Scott, and Muscatine as of noon.
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Iowa City
Iowa
Gazette
Weather Bureau
Linn
Tama
Benton
Jones
Cedar
Johnson
Jackson
Clinton
Scott
Muscatine
Louisa
Des Moines
Jasper
Mahaska
Wapello
Davis
van Buren
Lee
Jefferson
Henry
Keokuk
Washington
Poweshiek
Kimmel Dies Veteran admiral linked to Pearl Harbor blame
Retired Rear Adm. Husband E. Kimmel, 86, who commanded the Pacific Fleet on December 7, 1941, died Tuesday in Groton. He long defended himself against claims of responsibility for Pearl Harbor and said Washington kept from him intercepted Japanese messages. Subsequent inquiries found errors of judgment but not culpable neglect. Short, his ally at Pearl Harbor, had died in 1949.
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Groton, Conn
Kimmel
U.S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
America
U.S. Navy
F.D.R
Pearl
Walter Short
Washington
U.S
Short
Fleet
Ernest King
Naval Operations
Kimmelland
Harold Stark
Army and Navy Boards of
Hawaii
1949
State amends abortion case with new evidence
Linn County Attorney filed notice of additional evidence in the Meyers abortion case. The state will present testimony from six women including an Ottumwa divorcee and FBI agents about tubes and methods linked to Meyers and others in Cedar Rapids and nearby cities.
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Ottumwa
Meyers
Donald R. Geater
Hiawatha
Joseph G. Abodeely
Thirtyfourth Street
Abodeely
Geater
July 15000 Draft Call Falls to 1967 Low
The Defense Department issued a July draft call for 15 006 army inductees, the lowest since April 1967, with forecasts of lower calls for July to December. June calls were cut by 9 500 to 20 000 due to overestimated June discharges. The Pentagon cited an 18 month replacement cycle and upcoming lower losses of trained personnel.
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Washington
Defense Department
Pentagon
Army
Vietnam
Polish leaders arrive to sign friendship treaty
Wladyslaw Gomulka and Prime Minister Josef Cyrankiewicz arrived in Budapest to sign a friendship treaty and discuss the present international situation, signaling a step in Polish Soviet bloc diplomacy.
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Budapest
UPI
Wladyslaw Gomulka
Communist Party
Josef Cyrankiewicz
French Student Uprising Seen as World Plot
Premier Georges Pompidou linked France's student sit ins at 18 universities to an international plot while offering concessions. He cited funds and equipment for street fighting and proposed a reflection committee with academics, students, and parents to seek ideas.
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Paris
France
Georges Pompidou
National Assembly
Far East
Peking
U.S
North Vietnam
Foe Repelled In Battle at Beret Camp
U S helicopter gunships aided defense as Viet Cong attacked Nui Ba Den Green Beret camp 55 miles northwest of Saigon. The clash left 19 Americans dead and 24 wounded, with at least 25 Viet Cong killed. Camp houses key radio and electronic gear guiding allied aircraft.
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Beret
Saigon
U.S
U.S. Command
Nui Ba den
Mekong Delta
25Th Infantry Division
Harriman Urges Hanoi to Quit Distorting History in Talks
UPI reports Ambassador Averell Harriman urged North Vietnam to stop distorting history and to seek agreement to end the Vietnam War. He listed five areas of possible accord and invited Xuan Thuy to focus on these points, while Thuy challenged the U.S. stance and pressed for unconditional bombing halt and real peace talks. The two met 3.5 hours and planned another session, noting tentative agreement on South Vietnam's political future, Geneva accord respect, and domestic affairs settled by the South Vietnamese.
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UPI
Averell Harriman
U.S
Paris
Arc de Triomphe
U. S
Hanoi
Harriman
Xuan Thuy
Thuy
North Vietnam
Haiphong
Indochina
South Vietnam
Laos
Eisenhower Comfortably Reaches Walter Reed After Trip
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower spent a very comfortable night at Walter Reed Army Hospital after transfer from March Air Base California to convalesce from his mild heart attack suffered April 29. The hospital reported he withstood the trip well.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Walter Reed Armyospital
March
Calif
Five Bullets In Head Delays Aid To Alaskan Official
In San Francisco, Dr. Ralph Williams, 57, Alaska health official, was shot five times in the head in the Tenderloin. He delayed seeking help 15 hours, thinking he was roughed up, then rode a cab to his hotel. X rays later showed bullets in brain, skull base, jaw, neck. The motive remains unknown and he could not recall the events.
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San Francisco
Ralph Williams
Tenderloin
Williams
Alaska Department of Health and Welfare
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